Cyber Monday spending breaks all records at $9.4 billion 

A late-night spending spree gave a big boost to Cyber Monday sales. 

Based on data from Adobe Analytics, a record $9.4 billion was spent online by the end of Cyber Monday, an increase of 19.7% over last year, making it the largest online shopping day of all time in the U.S. and easily beating last year’s record of $7.9 billion. Between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET, consumers spent $2.9 billion online, which was nearly a third of the day’s total revenue.

The day’s tally also reflected the growing strength of mobile commerce:  Mobile transactions on Cyber Monday hit  $3.1 billion, representing the highest ever year-over-year dollar growth for this channel.

To date, a record $81.5 billion has been spent online so far this holiday season (11/1 – 12/2), compared to $71.5 billion that spent during the same time period last year, according to Adobe. The company is forecasting that online sales for the entire holiday season will hit $143.8 billion. 

“Cyber Monday sales surged late last night as consumers established new records both in overall purchases and purchases made via smartphones,” said Taylor Schreiner, principal analyst and head of Adobe Digital Insights.  “A strong 14.0% growth through the holiday season so far has put to rest any concerns of a retail-led recession this quarter as well as more recent concerns that winter storms might dampen online sales. The coming days will reveal if retailers will extend their holiday sales more than years past due to the shortest possible remaining shopping season till Christmas.”

Additional findings from Adobe around Cyber Monday include: 

• Bigger Shopping Carts: Consumers bought more items and higher ticket items during Cyber Monday. On average, consumers’ shopping carts were 6% bigger at checkout on Cyber Monday than they were last year. 
• BOPIS: Season to date, BOPIS is up 40.9% over last year, with consumers 20% more likely to convert with retailers who offer BOPIS vs. those that don’t. This was especially true on the big days, with Cyber Monday conversion at BOPIS retailers outperforming non-BOPIS retailers by 45%; Black Friday BOPIS retailer conversion outperformed non-BOPIS by a whopping 64%.
• Discounts & Top Selling Products: On Cyber Monday consumers benefited from the best discounts so far on computers (18%), and deep deals on televisions (19%) and toys (17%). Top selling products: Frozen 2 Toys, L.O.L Surprise Dolls, Madden 20, Jedi Fallen Order, Nintendo Switch, VR Devices, Samsung TVs, Apple Laptops.